Chapter 230 Live Broadcast from the Sky (10)
The incident of the eldest prince falling from his horse caused a great uproar. Everyone was confined to their tents and forbidden to go out. Emperor Kangxi sent people to investigate again and again, turning the grasslands upside down.
The final conclusion was that the First Prince's faction cheated in the competition to maintain Yinzhi's title of "Number One Warrior." This is why Yinzhi was able to win every race. This particular horse race was also due to prior preparation, the First Prince's careless attitude, and the fact that he drank too much the day before, leading to the unexpected outcome…
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Yinzhi's face turned ashen, and he immediately stood up: "Father, I am not that kind of person!"
"Why are you panicking, brother? This is about Yinzhi from another timeline." Yinreng couldn't hide his smile, and his tone of advising Yinzhi sounded almost sarcastic.
"Hmph," Yinzhi glared at Yinreng. He was reckless, but not brainless. The Heavenly Curtain wasn't referring to him in this timeline, but that didn't stop others from projecting it onto him. The whole world could see the contents of the Heavenly Curtain, and his reputation was ruined.
Who would have thought that Tianmu would take care of him so easily, and in just a few words, he was even less effective than Longkodo.
Of course, this was the official characterization at the time, but as we all know, one of the reasons for Songgotu's later conviction was that he had targeted the First Prince...
"Song'etu!" Yinzhi roared in fury. "Fine, I knew someone as upright as him wouldn't cheat! It's all Song'etu's fault!" "Father, please understand! Your son could never have done such a thing..."
[Don't rush to feel sorry for the First Prince in the comments, Suo'etu did intervene. But the First Prince was indeed blinded by power and praise, so cheating is real.]
"Hahaha..." At this moment, only Crown Prince Yinreng dared to laugh out loud.
Suddenly interrupted by the unexpected intervention of the heavens, Yinzhi's face contorted in shock. He couldn't care less about arguing with Yinreng: "Your subject, your subject..."
"Alright, I know it wasn't you."
Kangxi stopped Yinzhi from arguing. He wouldn't hold it against him for such a thing; it just reinforced the impression that the eldest son was indeed not very bright.
Yinzhi closed his eyes, hesitating to speak. What use was it if his father knew? No one else knew. This mess had been dumped on him. Yinzhi lowered his head helplessly.
The First Prince, Yinzhi, could be said to have "caught in his own trap." Due to a serious fall from his horse, the imperial physicians diagnosed that he needed at least three years of recuperation, with many restrictions in place. Because of this, the First Prince's faction in the court was essentially ineffective, and was steadily suppressed by the Crown Prince's faction.
This matter was also discussed by our Eighth Prince with Emperor Yongzheng.
It's quite amusing to think about a party led by a prince and another led by a princeling getting together to discuss the future development of their respective parties.
This private meeting is also recorded in "The Secret History of Yongzheng", which reveals a lot of information.
First, in view of the current situation where the Crown Princes were enjoying great success, Yongzheng had a very advanced political vision. He not only judged that Kangxi would not let things go and that he was very likely to promote the Eighth Prince, but he also judged that Kangxi would take action against Songgotu and that Songgotu would not surrender easily.
Honestly, looking at this passage and then at the subsequent historical developments, one can only say that Emperor Yongzheng was truly a great prophet; what he said was remarkably accurate.
Secondly, this was the first time that the Eighth Prince, Yinzhi, had taken the initiative to ask Yongzheng for his opinion on the throne. Yongzheng only replied with six words: "Do your best and leave the rest to fate."
It sounds like Emperor Yongzheng was very easygoing, but friends, the Royal Museum once displayed an original piece of Yongzheng's calligraphy, which he wrote before ascending the throne. The first half of the phrase is "Do your best and leave the rest to fate," but the second half is "Fate is in my hands."
Do your best and leave the rest to fate; fate is in your hands.
Wow, how domineering! Without seeing this calligraphy, who would know that Emperor Yongzheng was so ambitious and so confident during his time as a prince?
Of course, besides the content, Yongzheng's calligraphy is also very beautiful.
When talking about calligraphy, it's hard to ignore our Eighth Prince, Yinzhi. According to records, Yinzhi's handwriting was ugly when he was young, which was criticized by Emperor Kangxi, who then asked Emperor Yongzheng to teach him calligraphy.
At this point, Yongzheng gave the Eighth Prince a suggestion: he should write in an ugly style. The reasoning was that ugly writing would attract Kangxi's attention. After all, the Eighth Prince was still a neglected and pitiful figure at the time, and the more attention Kangxi paid to him, the better his situation in the palace would be.
It must be said that Yongzheng was quite clever, which also proves that the friendship between the four brothers had existed since childhood.
But actually, Yinzhi's handwriting was quite good after he grew up, and because he was taught by Yongzheng, his imitation of Yongzheng's handwriting was so good that it was indistinguishable from the real thing.
There was a previous farcical incident where a private auction house mistakenly auctioned off calligraphy written by Yinzhi (胤禍) as genuine work by Emperor Yongzheng. After being sued by the royal family, it was discovered that the auction house was not only selling royal items without authorization but also engaging in fraudulent sales, selling calligraphy written by Prince Lian under the name of Emperor Yongzheng. Hahaha…
Yinzhi remained calm upon hearing their conspiracy, since it wasn't about him and the Fourth Prince. Hearing the details, Yinzhi couldn't help but feel a pang of admiration; this Yongzheng Emperor was indeed capable of ascending the throne. If he were the Eighth Prince in that timeline, perhaps he would have…
Yinzhi shook his head, feeling like he was being influenced by the sky. He gave a wry smile, then heard people saying his handwriting was ugly and that it looked like the Fourth Prince's...
Tianmu chuckled, but he didn't chuckle.
"Myna, myna, can you really imitate Lao Si's handwriting?"
"Myna, did you deliberately make your handwriting ugly when you were little?"
Hearing the curiosity of the tenth prince beside him, Yinzhi's composure was almost crumbling. It was his own thought, and had nothing to do with the fourth prince! Although there was indeed a part where the fourth prince taught him to write, his handwriting really didn't resemble the fourth prince's!
That number 48 isn't the same as the number 48 here! Don't overthink it!
It's better to say something bad about him; he's always a laughing stock!
Yinzhi screamed inwardly, and Yinzhen wasn't much better off. He felt like he was being pricked by needles, had a fishbone stuck in his throat, was sitting on pins and needles, and was walking on thin ice!
[Another incident occurred in the fortieth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, seemingly insignificant to outsiders. However, for the Fourteenth Prince, a young and unmarried man, it was a major shock and a significant event that caused a rift in his relationship with his mother, Lady Uya...]
Just as he was marveling at the cheesy "four-eight" scene on the screen and had just started to get into the mood for watching the show, the screen suddenly mentioned it again. Yinzhen's face stiffened. What kind of adjective was "a virgin young man"? He had a bad feeling about it.
We haven't even finished laughing at the fourth and eighth brothers yet, and now it's his turn?
According to Su Peisheng's records, one day, Yongzheng received news that the Fourteenth Prince had been placed under house arrest, which naturally worried him. So he sent Gao Wuyong to the palace to ask the Thirteenth Prince to go and check on the Fourteenth Prince to find out the reason.
It's absurd that Lady Uya sent her niece—this time, a niece from the Uya family herself—to Yinzhen's bed, thus jeopardizing the innocence of our 13-year-old Fourteenth Prince.
Of course, in my judgment, Uya Shi only had one son, the Fourteenth Prince, to rely on at that time, so she wouldn't do such a thing. It's more likely that the Uya family used her to rise to power. After all, it's unlikely that a mother would drug her own son with aphrodisiacs, right?
Of course, this matter is highly controversial in history. Some people share my opinion, while others believe that Uya was indeed someone who would stop at nothing to achieve family honor. You can judge for yourselves.
However, at that time, Xiao Sisi, having lost his innocence, also lost trust in his birth mother. The reason he was confined to his quarters was because he caused a scene at Yonghe Palace afterward, which led to a reprimand from Emperor Kangxi.
However, with the care and comfort of Emperor Yongzheng and the thirteenth prince, Yinxiang, the fourteenth prince's days of confinement were not too bad. It was also around this time that the fourteenth prince began to slowly come to his senses, no longer feeling awkward, and openly moved closer to Emperor Yongzheng...
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